Reparations

Manchu Iron Works in Anshan, Manchuria. Destruction around blast furnace (shown at upper left) caused by demolition, attributed by Chinese Nationalist authorities to Chinese Communist Army. This destruction occurred after the period of Soviet occupancy, during which period skip hoists, blowers and other auxiliaries serving six of the nine blast furnaces at Anshan were removed. Photograph taken during the U.S. Reparations Mission. Edwin Pauley was the U.S.

Manchu Iron Works in Anshan, Manchuria. Cribbing placed under blast furnace stockyard crane from which motors and trolleys had been removed during period of Soviet occupancy. Photograph taken during the U.S. Reparations Mission. Edwin Pauley was the U.S. Ambassador on the Allied Reparations Committee from 1945-47 (the committee that assessed the reparations the Axis powers could afford to pay the victors).

Manchu Iron Works in Anshan, Manchuria. Top of newest battery of coke ovens from which accessory equipment including charging lorries, pushers and valve mechanism were removed during Soviet occupancy--rendering them inoperable. Photograph taken during the U.S. Reparations Mission. Edwin Pauley was the U.S. Ambassador on the Allied Reparations Committee from 1945-47 (the committee that assessed the reparations the Axis powers could afford to pay the victors).

Manchu Iron Works - Anshan, Manchuria. Roasting kiln in sponge iron plant showing kiln resting on temporary support. All bearings on which this kiln revolved were removed during period of Soviet occupancy. Photograph taken during the U.S. Reparations Mission. Edwin Pauley was the U.S. Ambassador on the Allied Reparations Committee from 1945-47 (the committee that assessed the reparations the Axis powers could afford to pay the victors).

Manchu Iron Works in Anshan, Manchuria. Building from which magnetic separators for iron ore concentration were removed during Soviet occupancy. Some old separators remain. Photograph taken during the U.S. Reparations Mission. Edwin Pauley was the U.S. Ambassador on the Allied Reparations Committee from 1945-47 (the committee that assessed the reparations the Axis powers could afford to pay the victors).

Manchu Iron Works in Anshan, Manchuria. View in iron ore treating plant showing foundations from which magnetic separators were removed during period of Soviet occupancy. Photograph taken during the U.S. Reparations Mission. Edwin Pauley was the U.S. Ambassador on the Allied Reparations Committee from 1945-47 (the committee that assessed the reparations the Axis powers could afford to pay the victors).

Manchu Iron Works in Anshan, Manchuria. Foundations in sponge iron plant from which ball mills and motors had been removed during period of Soviet occupancy. Photograph taken during the U.S. Reparations Mission. Edwin Pauley was the U.S. Ambassador on the Allied Reparations Committee from 1945-47 (the committee that assessed the reparations the Axis powers could afford to pay the victors).

Manchu Iron Works in Anshan, Manchuria. Boiler house. Removed during Soviet occupancy: four complete boilers and auxiliary equipment and accessories of two more boilers. There remained for operation two gas fired and two coal fired boilers. Removals were started September 8, 1945, and completed November 8, 1945. Note: Originally contained 10 boilers, each with capacity of 60 tons of steam per hour. (View No. 2). Photograph taken during the U.S. Reparations Mission. Edwin Pauley was the U.S.

Manchu Iron Works in Anshan, Manchuria. Foundation from which roll crushers and motors were removed during Soviet occupancy. Photograph taken during the U.S. Reparations Mission. Edwin Pauley was the U.S. Ambassador on the Allied Reparations Committee from 1945-47 (the committee that assessed the reparations the Axis powers could afford to pay the victors).

Manchu Iron Works - Anshan, Manchuria. Blooming mill (steel rolling) from which all steel rolling equipment was removed during Soviet occupancy. Photograph taken during the U.S. Reparations Mission. Edwin Pauley was the U.S. Ambassador on the Allied Reparations Committee from 1945-47 (the committee that assessed the reparations the Axis powers could afford to pay the victors).